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  • 1. 
    Fossils are

  • remains of plants and animals in the rocks
  • the old rocks
  • the old books related to the origin of the earth
  • the dust particles

  • 2. 
    The inner planets mean

  • Planets between the sun and the earth
  • Planets between the sun and the belt of asteroids
  • Planets in gaseous state
  • Planets without satellite(s)

  • 3. 
    What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?

  • 149.6 Millions kms
  • 15.98 Millions kms
  • 169.34 Millions kms
  • 179.67 Millions kms

  • 4. 
    Expansion of universe means

  • increase in the number of stars.
  • increase in space between the galaxies.
  • discovery of new celestial bodies.
  • increase in the speed of rotation of planets.

  • 5. 
    Which one of the following experts gave the Collision Hypothesis?

  • Immunal kant
  • Lalpace
  • Chamberlain
  • Sir James and Harold Jeffrey

  • 6. 
    Who suggested that the earth and the moon formed a single rapidly rotating body?

  • Sir George
  • Sir Chamberlain
  • Sir Moulton
  • None of these

  • 7. 
    Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?

  • These planets are smaller
  • They could not hold the escaping gases
  • Both a and b
  • None of these

  • 8. 
    Big-Bang theory was postulated by

  • Georges Lemaitre
  • Edwin Hubble
  • Schmidt
  • Wegener
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